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another woman, british palestinian director farah nabulsi, has an oscar nomination for her first ever about crossing checkpoints on the west bank. i'm100% arab, i'm muslim, you know, and i am telling a story about a very under—represented group. it is not perfect, but i think that i am a testament to this system working in the right direction. these nominations are the fruit of the academy's new diverse intake of voting members to challenge the "oscars so white" criticism. of its 819 new members, nearly half are women and a third are from under—represented ethnic communities. we don't belong here. nigerian—born british actress wunmi mosaku is nominated for a best actress bafta for her role in british refugee horrorfilm his house and is also a voting member of the academy. having that membership, you know, having that invite was quite extraordinary because i was like, oh yeah, i now get a say in my industry, too. but it does not mean the academy is falling short. when it comes to black narratives, only shaka king'sjudas and the black messiah — a biopic about black panther fred hampton,

well earlier i spoke to farah nabulsi, director of the best british short film �*the present�*.lestinian—uk citizen. yes, very much so. i have personally been at these israeli checkpoints that are all over the west bank and have witnessed palestinians at them and had numerous, numerous conversations with policy needs to go through them every single day so very by reality and experiences of my own as well. was this something that you could really only now make as an unknown as a short, because it would have been difficult to get funding for something like that? i think, actually, for any film—maker starting off with their directorial debut, you aim for a short film. it would be a bit crazy to sort of aim for a feature and something that costs a lot, lot more to start off with. so, i think that's just the natural course. but i suppose, because it is so political, that is something which perhaps lends itself to a new film—maker and a short format? yeah, maybe, but i honestly, i don't see myself as having made a politicalfilm. i have made a human film, a truthful film, that is in a